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Typical Mail on Sunday joke.............there is no road in Scotland with that many lanes!

They could use some of the money to repaint the murals

You are right SMEE, it was much better before and when the are out of order the traffic flows easier!

You can see the old building on Falcon Square to the left of the station that they rebuilt in the new Falcon Square.

This could be one of the buses in the old photo.

Yesterday in Beauly there was a family of 5 tourists outside the chipper sharing a fish supper for lunch, my wife remarked that's why there were so thin!

My Grandfather and Great Uncle both fought at the Somme in the 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. My Grandfather survived the war after being awarded the Military Medal in September 1917 and loosing his brother on 5th August 1916 at the Somme. He never talked about it and when I once asked him what he got his medals for he replied, for stealing bully beef!

The Shooting brake was well priced. 1947 Austin Sixteen Countryman Shooting Brake, and thought it was worth sharing on my blog. Its sales were still directed at the landed gentry, describing the Countryman as: “Something to haul the guests around the country estate, when they came for a tad of shooting!” The brochure proudly states: “ The Austin Sixteen Countryman is the ideal vehicle for farm and estate transport. Priced at £565 (English Pounds), it was an expensive option in post-war Britain. The Purchase Tax added another 160 Pounds to the final price, making it affordable only to the wealthy. At today's prices it would be people like CB that would be able to afford it

Ford Popular on left, Ford Pilot in middle & Jaguar Mk9 (I think) must be late 50's as I don't remember the Esso Pumps.

The large building was a house but I have no idea who stayed in it and the small white building was the weighbridge office. You are right about the houses on Kilmuir Road, Benula Road and Wyvis Place which replaced the prefabs early 70's.

I have no idea about the prices but it is more likely to be the late 40's and not the and not the early 50's as stated above.

Yes Charles.

Compare with what? This picture is from the 70's before Flemming's sawmill closed they have some amount of timber in the bottom right of the picture and note the scrap yards on Lotland Street top right which were Mapelbecks and Jock Macdonalds.

The Springfield is now the Maple Court, that's another beautiful building that was demolished then!

They are all Austins! Don't recall ever seeing an Austin shooting brake though. The Austin lorries you can see were very similar to the Bedford OL range which were built in the early 50's. I think this must have been at a Highland Show when it was held in Inverness.

It was demolished with all the stones marked and then rebuilt in the new Falcon Square and it looks good as new!

Well that's the second referendum I have voted yes in and lost, could it be third time lucky for me? We should all get a better sleep tonight knowing that Boris and Nigel will take care of things with the backing of Donald Trump!

I was there at the TCS last night to see Rod for the second time and it was a great concert. Although the 71 year old was feeling the chill blowing in from the firth he put on a great performance and the crowd were great although there were a few that will not remember even being there after paying a lot of money for their ticket. Well done to all involved in the organising from start to finnish for this event which I am sure will earn the club a good bit of money. It would be good to see other performers every summer which fills the gap when we have no football.

It is not any worse than the Idea's that are on the go just now!

I don't think so but CB might correct me on that!

It's the old bridge at Sligaghan on Skye where on a bad day you get eaten alive by the midge and have to race into the hotel for cover (or a drink), it might be the hotel that produces them

The new Triumph dealership on Harbour Road which would have been late 60's with Triumph 1300's and a Herald estate on the right corner, the photo must be from the P & J.

Scarlet, you are right it is the Cameron Barracks the photo from the early 60's going by the cars. It has not changed much over the years and is now used as a training camp mainly for TA and Cadets. To my knowledge there are no memorial plaques there, where you need to go is the Old High Church where there is a memorial for WW1 and WW11 on the wall outside (see the picture below) and the Regimental Colours and Roll of Honour inside the church which is open during the tourist season, or the Regimental Museum at Fort George is worth a visit if you are more interested in the history of the Regiments.

I hope not on both accounts!

It might not be or he/she might not be good at it but that is no excuse to mock.